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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LITHODOMUS
Li
*thod "o *
mus,
n.
Etym:
[
NL.
See
Lithodome.
] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A
genus
of
elongated
bivalve
shells,
allied
to
the
mussels,
and
remarkable
for
their
ability
to
bore
holes
for
shelter,
in
solid
limestone,
shells,
etc.
Called
also
Lithophagus.
Note:
These
holes
are
at
first
very
small
and
shallow,
but
are
enlarged
with
the
growth
of
the
shell,
sometimes
becoming
two
or
three
inches
deep
and
nearly
an
inch
diameter.
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